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Chava

“Variant of Eve — From Hebrew Chavah, from a root meaning to live” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #1733 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Chava has appeared in US records since 1951 — best rank #1398 (2024) · 3,552 babies named Chava all-time · 1 in 14,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 17,000 girls in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 2 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Chavas

• Chava Alberstein — Israeli singer
• Chava Rosenfarb — Holocaust survivor and Jewish-Canadian author
• Chava Shapiro — Volhynian Jewish writer (1876–1943)
• Chava Lifshitz — Israeli chemist (1936–2005)
• Chava Mond — Israeli model

In stories & tradition

• Chava (Eve) — Paradise Lost · Genesis 4
• Chava — Fiddler on the Roof

What Chavas become

Among 17 notable people named Chava:

Artists & writers appear 2.82× more often than among typical names — e.g. Chava Rosenfarb, Holocaust survivor and Jewish-Canadian author.

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